Matthew Perry was found dead in his hot tub in October 2023. An autopsy revealed the actor died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” among other factors. A new Peacock documentary, Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy, tells the Friends star’s story while also looking into the five arrests made in connection with his death.
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In the documentary, US Attorney Martin Estrada suggested the doctors who allegedly provided Perry with drugs, Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez, “knew much better.” While Dr. Plasencia’s lawyer argued that the doctor “was trying to help Mr. Perry and provide medical care that would ease his problems,” Estrada said the doctor definitely knew better than to give Perry ketamine. Estrada alleges that the medical doctors were motivated by “greed.”
“One of the overall themes of our indictment is that all these defendants should have known better,” Estrada said, per People. “They were taking advantage of an individual and letting their greed drive them to endanger Mr. Perry’s life.”
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Plasencia has pleaded not guilty and is still awaiting trial. In the documentary, Estrada spoke about how the doctors did not seem concerned about providing medical care to Perry. Estrada claimed that they knew what they were doing was wrong.
“They even talked about the fact that this wasn’t the right way to administer ketamine, yet it was the golden opportunity to make money,” Estrada said. “And at one point, Dr. Plasencia writes to Dr. Chavez, ‘I wonder how much this moron will pay.’”
The New York Post reported Dr. Plasencia and Dr. Chavez allegedly charged Perry thousands of dollars for ketamine that cost them $12.
In the documentary, Estrada also spoke about how victims of overdoses were once blamed for their own deaths. “In the past, we used to call these things overdose deaths and do more blaming of the victim,” Estrada said, per the New York Post. “We don’t do that anymore. We blame the drug dealers, the drug sellers, for taking advantage of those addiction issues to cause death or serious injury, and that’s why we bring these cases.”
